After the 25.7.0 release, we will hold a release-retro to discuss what went well, and find out where we can improve.

• Schedule the retro
• Create action items during the retro

Action items

• Make the Vector upload script more portable We now built from source
• Finish chore: Add issue template improvements encountered during SDP 25.7.0 operator-templating#540
• Most of the issue templates don't contain edc-operator or hello-world-operator anymore. Check if there are issue templates which still contain these and update them.
• Add blocks-release/YY.M.X label
• Discuss number of releases and release dates during the next on-site
• Make getting-started script idempotent
• Demo testing issue template needs to mention to delete/restart STSs
• Discuss documentation topics (Antora, AsciiDoc) during the next on-site
• Optionally update Netlify setup (after it has been decided to use Netlify or Vercel)
• Stacks without demos need to be tested. Add those stacks to the demo testing issue template. Done in chore(issue_templates): Add unused stacks to the list for release testing demos#329
• Have a follow-up meeting about the release notes (structure, content, audience) and the changelogs
  • For 25.11.0 I (@Techassi) want to explore putting a summary of breaking changes (or highlights in general) at the top of the release notes with links to the relevant sections.